Just seven days ago I sided with Arsenal away to Southampton and spoke at the time about their improved recent form, especially on the road and how they had prioritised the league heavily over the FA Cup, despite being holders of the latter ................

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Ligue 2 game last night played out perfectly and mirrored all those stats, being 0-0 at the break and with Toulouse scoring the only goal of the game early in the second half and hopefully we have found some other good positions to take advantage of this evening. This "middle" part of the season is when these "in play" stats tend to stand up best.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ahead of the first round of 2021 fixtures, I previewed each Ligue 2 team and ran their last five game numbers ............

 

 

 

 

 

I previewed this game last season, post lockdown, so fairly recently and a lot of the comments I focussed on that day are still relevant, so let's start with a look back at those ..........

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Sunday email will also be sent @ 10:00 and will include NFL and PGA Tour notes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is one of those days which we could easily skip, but mindful that this is a newsletter, I feel obliged to say something whenever possible, so a few words about two games taking place today.

 

 

 

 

Glossary:

 

Pd = games played.

Pts= points .

xP = expected points.

ITB = attempts inside the box created/allowed.

BC = big chances created/given up.

ITB 4 = attempts inside the box created/allowed for the last 4 games only.

BC 4 = big chances created/given up for the last four games only.

 

 

 

Dortmund +85

Leipzig +69

Bayern +58

Leverkusen +39